The Curious Career of Ford Fuchigami
Ford Fuchigami's path through Hawaiʻi government, 2011–2026Graphic credit: PHwSF When the news broke on July 24 that Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke and four others had been indicted in a public corruption case, much of the attention understandably centered on Luke. But among the other names in the indictment was one that immediately perked the interest of this blogger: Ford Fuchigami. As an aviation person, his name was well known as ...
What the 2025 SPJ Awards say about Hawaiʻi journalism
On Wednesday, July 29th, Politics Hawaii, along with other fine publications from throughout the State of Hawaii, convened at the Japanese Cultural Center in Honolulu for the annual Hawaii Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists Award ceremony. The ceremony announces the awards for publications, articles, and pieces nominated for the 2025 reporting year. Entries submitted by each of the publications are seen by a team of judges in another ...
Does the money really matter? Maybe.
One thing about Hawaiʻi politics is that it is notoriously devoid of one of the things that drives political coverage almost everywhere else: polling. Sure, there is the occasional poll published by the Honolulu Star-Advertiser, including one that measures the sitting governor's popularity. And, after next month's primary election, we will probably see polling that tells us who is ahead in the race for governor. But outside of those occasional ...
At 250, even Air Force One changes
With the 250th birthday of the United States of America, this blogger has chosen to celebrate by writing about a side passion of his – aviation. And more to the subject, the ever-changing nature and look of the iconic planes that carry the President and other Very Important People of this nation’s government. This subject comes to the forefront as the United States Special Air Mission (SAM) fleet has placed ...
Is it a primary of ideas, or a support audit
Earlier this month, June 2026, the filing deadline for candidates running for political office closed. And with all the excitement of hearing who made the fight ticket at a boxing match, it went right down to the end to see who would be running for each office. With all the information out there on the candidates, this blogger noted that there seem to be many races in the primary with ...
